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    The Dance Hall 10: The Saitama Samba 2022-2023

    I love you so much. You are a gift from God himself.
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    ISU Statement on Russia's war against Ukraine - Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus

    Agreed for the most part except the bolded. Kostornaia didn't have textbook technique. Completely bent picking leg on her flip, unclear or inside edge on her lutz, wrap on her axel, and her toe loop usually always landed at a standstill. But no where near as much as upper body movement while...
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    Russian Figure Skater tests positive for drugs - delays ceremony for team medals

    Valieva's score was a joke, but it's also a joke to say Higuchi skated clean. The technical calls were appropriate for her--maybe her PCS could've been a tad higher but that program to Ellie Goulding is not a match for her like her Lion King is. Tim Daggett also mentioned during the 2008...
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    U.S. Women [#4]: How Dare You

    I didn't mean that it in a negative way! It's odd that Karen Chen has had so few moments of brilliance in terms of gaining any sort of international medals, and yet... she's on the verge of being awarded an Olympic gold medal. (I know that by no means is it concrete, but if I choose to live in...
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    Gymnastics News #23: Defying Gravity

    Jade has improved in terms of body movement on floor but this music was a total miss especially compared to last year. Her Olympic floor routine hid her weaknesses expertly by having moments of "obvious movement needed here" and then having her pose. This music is completely on one note and...
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    U.S. Women [#4]: How Dare You

    Gold if all is right in the world! Imagine your only international ISU medals being an Olympic gold medal and... three other challenger series bronzes. ****ing epic.
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    U.S. Men 2022-23 news & updates

    You: "I like apples" Them: "Well, what's wrong with oranges?!?!?!?!!!!??" :rolleyes::rolleyes: So happy Jason will be back! Was debating whether to make the 30 minute trip down the road to San Jose for Nationals but this definitely seals the deal. Definitely seems like there are so many open...
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    Gymnastics News #23: Defying Gravity

    She's since come out as one herself. Probably some internalized issues there.
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    The Skating Lesson

    She can't be certified as a USFS coach but can still teach at rinks. Morozov with all his baggage would certainly trigger a SafeSport investigation if he were certified but he skirts the line by not going for it and is still obviously employed and making a good chunk of money. There are ways to...
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    Vaytsekhovskaya's interview with Pluschenko

    But they don't have access to only Russian news. Obviously it's only accessible via a VPN but I don't get this idea of poor Russians not knowing what's going on in Ukraine. I don't expect all Russians to be against the invasion vocally (a la Trankov or Yagudin) or even on a more subtle level...
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    ISU Statement on Russia's war against Ukraine - Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus

    She might give birth to an anchor baby in the US like they did with their first child.
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    ISU Statement on Russia's war against Ukraine - Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus

    Yep! I sort of just meant that in response to the idea that Russians wouldn't be competing against the others for a long time. I don't think that will happen but it would be nice to see a competition with all the clean athletes going against each other and also having a competition in Russia...
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    ISU Statement on Russia's war against Ukraine - Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus

    I hope. We can see a battle of all the clean athletes at ISU-sanctioned events and then we can also see the doping freakshow at the Channel 1 Cup with all the Russians competing against each other. I'll be tuning in to both.
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